Tyler, the Creator will release his next album, Don’t Tap the Glass on Monday, July 21.
On Friday night, during a Barclays Center show in Brooklyn, New York, the rapper shouted out the album title while performing. There was also an installation that recreated the album cover, featuring its title.
He later confirmed the news of a new album with an Instagram post, which shows the release date on Saturday morning. Don’t Tap the Glass is set to be Tyler’s ninth studio album. In October 2024, he dropped Chromakopia, which featured Lil Wayne, Sexyy Red, Daniel Caesar, Doechii, GloRilla, LaToiya Williams, Lola Young, Santigold, Schoolboy Q and Teezo Touchdown.
The Flower Boy singer released Chromakopia on a Monday, which means Don’t Tap the Glass, from Columbia Records, is his second album in a row to do so, going against the industry standard midnight Friday drop.
In a 2023 Nardwuar interview, Tyler explained why he was interested in releasing music early in the week. “I think we should put music out again on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, for some reasons,” he said. “My reasoning is, I know people think because of the weekend, they can listen to stuff and the streams go up. And the streaming people are like, ‘Oh, the streams go up on the weekend!’ But I think it’s a lot of passive listening, at parties or people get the time to go to the gym, so they’re not really listening.”
Earlier this year, Tyler also wrapped filming on Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme. The film stars Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow and will be Tyler’s feature film acting debut. It releases from A24 on Christmas Day.